Garment or like hook



April 29, 1941. B. c. PLACE GARMENT on LIKE HOOK Fil ed Jan. 25-; 1939 Patented Apr. 29, 1941 UNl'lED snares Parent" orrlcs GARMENT on LIKE nook Bion 0. Place, Detroit, Mich, assignor of one-half to George E. Gagnier, Detroit, Mich.

Application January 23, 1939, Serial No. 252,447

2 Claims. (01. 248-217) The present invention relates to garment or like hooks constructed from a single piece of wire and intended for ready application particularly to a metal wall having a perforation therein for reception of part of a hook structure. More particularly, the invention is concerned with a garment or like hook provided with an improved means for securing the hook to a metal wall in such a way that once the hook is attached to the perforated wall it cannot be removed except by applying forces in a direction other than the direction in which the normal load of the hook is applied.

The primary purpose of the present invention is to provide a one-piece wire hook designed for application to a perforated wall and including a hook-like projection to engage the back of the wall through the perforation therein and means formed as a part of the hook and spaced from said hook-like projection to maintain the hooked engagement between said projection and the wall and to insure an absence of relative movement between the hook and the wall once the hook is engaged therewith.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a garment or like hook that includes a yielding shoulder which, after the hook is applied, engages the edge of the perforation and the wall and thus prevents ready or inadvertent disengagement of the hook from the wall.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a hook designed especially for application to a perforated metal wall, and including a looplike bearing portion designed to distribute a part of the load sustained by the hook over an area of the wall beneath the perforation; and that is so designed that an absence of looseness in the connection between the hook and the wall is assured when the bearing portion rests against the wall.

Still further objects of the invention will appear as the description thereof proceeds with reference to the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevational View of a preferred form of hook including the present invention;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary view of a perforated wall to which the hook of Figure 1 is applied, this view being taken so that the hook appears in end elevation;

Figure 3 is a vertical section of the perforated wall and showing a hook of the presentinvention partially applied to said wall, by moving the hook from positions illustrated in dotted lines;

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view showing the hook in its final applied position.

Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the several figures.

The garment or like hook of the present invention comprises a garment sustaining arm It, formed by doubling a piece of wire, the doubled portions H and l2 of said wire being twisted together as indicated at l3 to provide a unitary arm. If desired, the end of said arm may be turned upwardly as indicated at M in a manner customary with garment or like hooks.

Extending approximately at right angles to the length of the garment sustaining arm I0 is a projection l 5 formed from one end of the piece of wire, said projection preferably having a rounded end It. The projection l5 constitutes a wall engaging projection of hook-like form.

Disposed in a plane approximately at right angles to the length of the hook is a loop-like wall engaging bearing portion l'l extending inwardly from which is a rounded wire portion I8 having an upwardly curved end portion l9, said wall bearing portion [1, rounded shoulder portion i8 and upwardly extending portion l9 being formed from the other end of said piece of wire.

The hook of the present invention is applied to a metallic or like wall 20 having a perforation 2i therein in the following manner:

The hook is disposed approximately in the low.

est dotted line position and the portions l5 and [9 are passed through the perforation. The hook is then moved toward the wall and turned as indicated by the arrows in Figure 3 to bring the hook in the position illustrated in full lines in Figure 3. Normally the portion l8, I9 is spaced from the portion I5, [6, so that it is necessary to move the portion I3; I9 toward the portion I5, H3 in engaging the hook with the wall through the perforation 2i. When the portion l8, I9 is moved toward the portion l5, it the loop I! is placed under torsion inasmuch as said loop is disposed in a plane normal to the length of the portion I8. Since the wire from which the loop is constructed will not assume a set condition when the loop I! is placed under torsion, it will be understood that the portion [8 is yieldable with respect to the remainder of the hook, though said hook may be constructed from relatively stiff wire, and though the wire be untempered or only slightly tempered.

In View of the necessity of moving the portion l8, l9 toward the portion l5, IE it will be understood that a snug fit between the portion of the hook that pass through the opening 2| of the wall 20 is insured. After the hook reaches the full line position of Figure 3, the engagement thereof with the wall 20 is completed by swinging the hook arm l downwardly away from the wall causing the hook-like projection l to engage in back of the wall 20 providing a shoulder of substantial width preventing withdrawal of the hook. At the same time, the rounded portion I8 is passed through the perforation and springs away from the portion l5, l6 presenting a rounded shoulder, When the hook is in its final position, engaging the inner lower corner of the Wall of the perforation 2!, the torsion in the loop l1 being partially released, though not entirely, when the hook is in final position. It will thus be clear that diametrically opposite portions of the wall of the perforation 2| are firmly engaged by the inner end of the arm i 3 and by the rounded portion [8 insuring an absence of play between the hook and the wall once the hook has been engaged therewith. In final position the bearing portion ll abuts firmly against the outside of the wall 20. If desired, the portion It may extend at a more acute angle to the bearing portion ll than illustrated in the drawing, the resistance of the hook to disengagement being dependent in large measure upon said angle.

The hook applied in the manner just described is capable of resisting substantial weight ap plied to the arm it inasmuch as the said weight is divided between the hook-like projection IS, the wall bearing portion ii, and the rounded shoulder l8. While it is possible to remove the hook from the wall, if desired, inadvertent disengagement of the hook from the wall cannot occur because the yieldable shoulder l8 prevents disengagement of the hook due to any vibration or jarring. However, the hook can be removed by an operation analogous to an unlocking action, by rotating the arm I0 toward the wall thus first disengaging the rounded shoulder from the lower edge of the wall of the perforation, after which the hook can be removed in the reverse manner from that employed when it was applied.

The primary purpose of the rounded shoulder is to maintain the engagement between the hooklike projection 55 and the wall, the load on the arm 10 being sustained principally by said projection and the bearing portion [1.

It will be understood that while a garment hook is illustrated in the drawing, the hook arm I0 may assume any form found to be desirable for whatever purpose is intended to be served by the hook. Or the arm I!) may be straight and serve as a bracket or like supporting arm, the shape and purpose of said arm forming no part of the present invention.

The invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. The present embodiment is therefore to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced thereon.

What is claimed and desired to be secured by United States Letters Patent is:

1. A one-piece wire garment or like hook having an arm formed from a doubled portion of the wire, one end of said wire forming a hook for passage through an aperture in a support to engage the rear wall of the support, the other end of said wire being bent to form aloop disposed in a plane substantially perpendicular to said arm for bearing engagement with the support below the aperture, said last mentioned end being further bent into approximate parallelism to a portion of said hook to provide a yieldable end portion normally spaced from said portion of the hook a distance greater than the diameter of the aperture, said end portion having a rounded shoulder and being adapted to be engaged with the support by a snap-fastener action.

2. A one-piece wire garment or like hook hav ing an arm formed from a portion of the wire, one end of said wire being bent to form a hook for passage through an aperture in a support to engage the rear wall of the support, the other end of said wire being bent to form a loop disposed in a plane substantially perpendicular to said arm for bearing engagement with the support below the aperture, said last mentioned end being further bent to provide a yieldable end portion normally spaced from a portion of said hook a distance greater than the diameter of said aperture to resiliently engage the aperture wall at a point substantially diametrically opposite the hook portion in order to maintain the engagement of said hook with the support.

" BION C. PLACE. 

